Events

3rd Telluride Literary Arts Festival, Friday, May 20 – Sunday, May 22. Award-winning author Peter Heller is special guest. Panel discussions, burlesque, a major poetry prize, bird forays, activities for kids, all part of Lit Fest. For an event overview, go here. [caption id="attachment_58707" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Author-adventurer...

3rd Telluride Literary Arts Festival, May 20-22, 2016, features eclectic events for lovers of books and poetry. Award-winning author Peter Heller is special guest. Panel discussions, a major poetry prize, bird forays, activities for kids  – and the ever-popular, sold-out Literary Burlesque, Saturday night, May 21, 8...

Telluride Film Fest's Sunday at the Palm: 9th Annual Children’s Film Fest. Sunday, May 15, 4 p.m. at the Michael D. Palm Theatre for the Performing Arts. Appropriate for the whole family. FREE TO ALL. Running time 75 minutes. All kids and kids-at-heart are invited to attend the Telluride...

Telluride Mountainfilm 2016, like all Mountainfilms past, means Telluride's summer season of chockablock festivals is off and running. Established in 1979 Mountainfilm was named by Moviemaker in 2015 as one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals. The one-of-a-kind weekend is dedicated to preserving and protecting endangered people, places, and ideas, using...

Due to popular demand and a sold-out June event, the 6th annual Durango Blues Train is pleased to announce a second weekend of live blues, Friday and Saturday, August 12 and 13, aboard the historic, 100+-year-old, coal-fired, steam-powered Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. [caption id="attachment_58568" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Kipori Woods -...

Telluride Mountainfilm, which opened for business in 1979, uses the power of film, art, and dynamic conversations to inspire audiences to create a better world by helping to preserve and protect endangered people, places and ideas. [caption id="attachment_58636" align="aligncenter" width="600"] From "Life Animated, "courtesy, Mountainfilm[/caption] Tellluride Mountainfilm screens feature documentaries on...

For the last original play of her 17-year run, Jennifer Julia, artistic director of Telluride's Sheridan Arts Foundation’s Young People’s Theater, wrote and directed “Max & Minerva’s Magical Machine.” The show is scheduled to be performed by students in grades 3 - 5 at Telluride’s historic Sheridan Opera House...

The MIXX is a free event designed to to bring community members together to discuss important subjects using all forms of art, including performing art, as a catalyst. At each event, guests are invited to enjoy a pot-luck style meal and creative dialogue hosted by Pia Gedeon, owner, MIXX Projects + Atelier. The upcoming “The...

The Telluride Jazz Festival presents the 26th Artists In The Schools Program. Durango Funk Allstars to conduct master class, performance and Q&A in Telluride schools. The Telluride Jazz Festival will present the 26th year of the annual Artists In The Schools student education program in the Telluride...